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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Riley Neal has led Yorktown to a lot of victories with his arm.

On Friday night, he did in West Lafayette with his feet.

The senior quarterback gashed the Red Devils with 266 yards on the ground and five rushing touchdowns as the No. 8 Tigers avenged a loss in last year's Class 3A, Sectional 28 championship with a 48-35 victory at Straley Field.

"Our whole team has been waiting for this game for just about a year now," Neal said. "We've been waiting for it ever since that game in the finals ended."

Yorktown (9-1) advanced to next Friday's semifinal against Western while the Red Devils' season ended.

Neal's talents forced the West Lafayette defense to make a choice, defend the pass or come up and try to keep the 6-foot-5 Ball State recruit from beating you with his feet.

"They are dangerous because he is such a good passer, so you've got to have enough people in pass coverage," WL coach Shane Fry said. "You pick your poison. You can cover everybody up and then he runs and all the sudden you bring everybody in the box and he throws."

Neal's rushing total got up to 290 yards before a bad snap resulted in a 31-yard loss when he tried to pick up and ball and make a play.

That loss resulted in one of two punts for the game, both by Yorktown. But the tide was turned in a punch-counterpunch sectional battle on turnovers.

Mikey Kidwell was intercepted twice on a night where the Red Devils (7-3) turned the ball over five times.

After four rushing touchdowns, Neal found Carson Moore in the end zone on a third-and-goal from the 11 to put Yorktown ahead 35-28 in the middle of the third quarter.

Henry Terhune's long kickoff return was countered when Kidwell fumbled on a scramble on the first play of the ensuing drive. Yorktown recovered and scored on a fourth-and-10 with a 33 yard touchdown strike from Neal to Clay Dungan.

"You've got to execute at all times. You can't have things like that," said WL junior Travis Rolle, who rushed for 214 yards and all four Red Devil touchdowns. "We didn't stand up to the situation."

Neal's uncharacteristic 40 rushing attempts complemented another spectacular night through the air. Neal completed 16 of 23 passes for 239 yards. Dungan and Moore each had four receptions for a combined 144 yards and Jacob Stephenson had 63 receiving yards on three catches.

"I didn't run much last year because we had Chandler Carroll," Neal said. "I don't think they were expecting me to run as much as I did."

Jacob Preston picked off Kidwell twice on a night when West Lafayette never punted.

A young West Lafayette team loses some key seniors but returns many playmakers, including Spencer Ronchetto, who returned from a two-game hiatus to make 10 catches for 146 yards and intercepted Neal in what was his lone flaw all night.

The loss already is inspiring the returning members.

"The guys coming back, we are all going to step up and work hard in the offseason to come back next season and outperform any opponent," Rolle said.